Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their act bearing date the 14th of August 1649 ... England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A74132 of text R211410 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.16[33]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A74132 Thomason 669.f.16[33] ESTC R211410 50811840 ocm 50811840 163189 2240875709

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A74132) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163189) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 246:669f16[33]) Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their act bearing date the 14th of August 1649 ... England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1651] Title from first lines of text. Dated and signed at end: Given under my Hand and Seale the Eight day of Novemb. 1651. O: Cromwell. "A proclamation by Oliver Cromwell ordering all under his command 'speedily to suppress all tumults against the Commissioners of Excise.'"--Thomason catalogue. Annotation on Thomason copy: "Nouemb. 14". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng England and Wales. -- Commissioners of Excise -- Crimes against -- Early works to 1800. Soldiers -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 -- Early works to 1800. A74132 R211410 (Thomason 669.f.16[33]). civilwar no Whereas it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the excise, to appoint the gener England and Wales. Lord Protector 1651 1 425 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-08 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

WHEREAS it hath pleased the Parliament in and by their Act bearing Date the 14th of August 1649. concerning the Excise , to appoint the Generall of their Forces for the time being , to Order and enjoyne all Collonels , Captaines , Officers & Souldiers under his Command , upon application made to them , or any of them , speedily to suppresse all Tumults , Ryots , and unlawfull Assemblies which shall be attempted or acted , in opposition against the Commissioners of Excise , their Sub-Commissioners , Collectors , or Officers , in execution of the Ordinances and Acts of Parliament for the Excise ; and to apprehend all such ryotous and tumultuous persons , that they may be proceeded against according to Law . And whereas it is in the said Act further declared , That no Commander , Officer , or Souldier , shall seize upon , forceably take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , or protect any person from payment thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same . And that if any Commanders , Officers , or Souldiers , shall notwithstanding seize upon , forceably take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , protect any person from paying thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same , upon due proofe made thereof , shall be ( Ipso facto ) Cashiered , and all his Arrears forfeited to the Common-wealth ; and suffer such other punishment as shall by the said Generall or Councell of Warre , be adjudged fitting .

IN pursuance whereof I doe hereby require all Collonels , Captains , Officers , and Souldiers under my Command , upon application from time to time of the said Commissioners of the Excise , their Sub-Commissioners , Collectors , or Officers , unto them , or any of them , to be aiding and assisting , as well in preventing of such Tumults and Ryots , as in the suppressing thereof . And doe also hereby declare , That if any Collonels , Officers , or Souldiers shall seize upon , forceably take , or detayne any the Receipts of the Excise , or shall protect any person from paying thereof , or encourage any person not to pay the same , shall be proceeded against , and suffer according as in the said Act is expressed .

Given under my Hand and Seale the Eight day of Novemb. 1651. O : CROMWELL .